EC Play vs IPTV Smarters Player PRO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EC Play
Control your Electrocompaniet audio system remotely. Browse your music library and manage system settings directly from your iOS device. Access external inputs for a seamless listening experience.
- Remote control functionality
- System setup and control
- Music browsing from iOS
- Access to external inputs
- Manage system settings
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This is the remote control for the Electrocompaniet EC Living and Classic Line series. EC Play offers easy access to all features and settings of the system. It allows you to command your system, set it up and control it. Browse your music directly from your iOS device. The app can also function as a remote control, and can be used to access the external inputs of the EC Living and Classic Line products. With all your music at your fingertips, you can rediscover your collection.
IPTV Smarters Player PRO
Organize and stream your digital content, including live TV, movies, and sports, across all your devices. This player supports various playlist formats and offers features like parental controls and a program guide.
- Supports M3U, Xtream, and XSPF playlists
- Built-in IPTV player
- Chromecast & Airplay support
- Electronic Program Guide (EPG)
- Parental control and content locking
- Favorites and viewing history
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IPTV Smarters - Transform the OTT/IPTV user experience and effortlessly stream digital content across all your devices. Organize and watch your digital content, Movies, News, Sports, Football, Live News and Live TV Shows. Smart M3U, Xtream & XSPF Player is a streaming video player software with a user-friendly interface, which allows you to stream content such as Live TV, VOD, TV Catchup & IP Camera on your devices. Our advanced player supports various platforms including the Xtream-Codes API and M3U playlists. Enjoy the convenience of saving your favorites and maintaining a viewing history for quick access. - Multiple playlists, M3U and Xtream playlists support - Chromecast & Airplay support - Built-in robust IPTV player to handle all your streaming needs - Multi-protocol Support: FTP, HTTP, MMS, RSS/Atom, RTMP, and more - EPG Support: Comprehensive Electronic Program Guide (EPG) display in XMLTV and GZIP formats - Parental control, Lock & Hide content, Sort - Subtitles and external subtitles - Audio track selection - Favorites & Popular content - Powerful search through Channels & Epg - TV Archive / Catchup Our IPTV Smart TV Player supports and is capable of streaming various network formats as well as variety of file extensions including mqv, pls, aifc, m4r, wav, 3gp, 3g2, flac, avi, m2a, aac, mpa, xhe, m3u, mov, aiff, ttml, vtt, m4v, amr, caf, m4a, m4b, mp4, mp1, m1a, mp4, aax, mp2, w64, aa, mp3, itt, au, eac3, webvtt, vtt, ac3, m4p,loas, Apple HLS, Flash RTMP, MPEG-DASH, MPEG Transport Stream, RTP/RTSP ISMA/3GPP PSS, and Windows Media MMS. It also supports live streaming IPTV. PRO subscription allows you to get: • Remove ads • Unlimited playlists Disclaimer : We are not offering any IPTV services like IPTV subscriptions, streams, or digital content. Users must have their content. Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/cam-terms-of-use/home Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/cam-privacy-policy/home
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: EC Play at none against IPTV Smarters Player PRO's 4. EC Play also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). IPTV Smarters Player PRO's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (1.4K vs 2). On price and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. IPTV Smarters Player PRO sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. EC Play asks for nothing beyond the download.
EC Play holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IPTV Smarters Player PRO has 1.4K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of EC Play's written reviews are positive against 59% of IPTV Smarters Player PRO's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
EC Play ships an update every 3 months, IPTV Smarters Player PRO weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EC Play | IPTV Smarters Player PRO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.6 (1.4K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 58.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 1.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 141 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EC Living AS | Paul Kenneth |
Customer experience
EC Play
IPTV Smarters Player PRO
Bugs and requests
EC Play
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
IPTV Smarters Player PRO
Reported bugs
4 issues- System shuts down and won't restart
- Can't load or play channels
- Paid subscription but no channels received
- Casting only works for audio, not video
Requested features
5 requests- Add PIP (Picture-in-Picture) mode
- Implement ability to favorite TV shows
- Add option to download all content
- Improve download speeds
- Provide better support and responsiveness
In-app purchases
EC Play
No in-app purchases
IPTV Smarters Player PRO
- Weekly Pro$1.997 Days
- Monthly Pro$5.991 Month
- Yearly Pro$17.991 Year
- Lifetime Pro$49.99
Questions
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